Tag archives: frugal

Living as an expatriate does not have to be expensive. In fact, many expatriates relocate abroad in order to save money for their retirement or in their early adulthood. The key is to learn how to still enjoy your locale while living on your budget or pension. If you do...

Do you spend a lot of time wondering where your money went? Does it feel like the moment you receive your pay, all the money just trickles right out of your hands? If that scenario is a good way of describing your relationship with money, then it's time to rethink...

Do you find yourself constantly going to one wedding shower after another? Then there’s baby showers, then kids birthday parties, and oh no, here comes Christmas again. And at the end of the year you look at your budget and see that you spent thousands of dollars on gifts, again....

Its funny how we look forward to summer for so many months and then shortly after it begins we find ourselves struggling to find ways to enjoy the nice weather, especially if we are living on a tight budget. And those with children may find it even more difficult to...

Being on a budget means I have to carefully plan out our meals and only make purchases for things that the family needs. When it comes to tending to household repairs or maintenance updates it’s only for those things that are a must.

The economy is still in poor shape, despite efforts to stabilize and strengthen it. As of April 2013, as many as 21.5 million Americans are still unemployed or underemployed. The number of citizens relying on food stamps has increased by 46%. Worse: 50 million Americans now live below the poverty...

In these changing and difficult times many of us have no choice but to try to live as frugally as we can. Living frugally helps us spend less and save money that can go into our savings or into paying off debt. Here are 10 ways to live frugally and...